Holding Juno
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Holding Juno
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2009-12-01
Holding Juno written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with History categories.
Following his national best-seller, Juno Beach, and with his usual verve and narrative skill, historian Mark Zuehlke chronicles the crucial six days when Canadians saved the vulnerable beachheads they had won during the D-Day landings. D-Day ended with the Canadians six miles inland — the deepest penetration achieved by Allied forces during this longest day in history. But for all the horror endured on June 6 every soldier knew the worst was yet to come. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of June 7 and shortly after dawn counter attacked in force. The ensuing six days of battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself. Although battered and bloody, the Canadians had held their ground and made it possible for the slow advance toward Germany and eventual Allied victory to begin. Holding Juno recreates this pivotal battle through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it, with the same dramatic intensity and factual detail that made Juno Beach, in the words of Quill & Quire reviewer Michael Clark, “the defining popular history of Canada’s D-Day battle.”
The Juno Beach Trilogy
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2012-11-02
The Juno Beach Trilogy written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-02 with History categories.
Together in one convenient ebook, three of Mark Zuehlke's epics of Canadian soldiers in World War II take us from the dramatic events of D-Day (June 6, 1944) to the days following, and the final push. Juno Beach, Holding Juno and Breakout from Juno focus on the Normandy Invasion and its aftermath. Juno Beach dramatically unfolds as 18,000 Canadian soldiers storm the five-mile-long stretch of Juno Beach. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. The Canadians were the only Allied troop to meet their objectives. Holding Juno chronicles the crucial six days following the successful invasion. The ensuing battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself. The Canadians made it possible for the slow advance toward Germany and an Allied victory. Breakout from Juno takes us to the next battle a month later. On July 4, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division won the village of Carpiquet but not the adjacent airfield. The 3rd Division, 2nd Infantry and 4th Armoured Divisions -- along with a Polish division and several British divisions came together as the First Canadian Army. This is their story.
Breakout From Juno
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Release Date : 2012
Breakout From Juno written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by Douglas & McIntyre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Drawing on official records and veteran memories, Mark Zuehlke brings to life the Normandy Campaign.
Juno Beach
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Juno Beach written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.
On June 6, 1944 the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among this number were 18,000 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a wide expanse of sand. Code named Juno Beach. Here, sheltered inside concrete bunkers and deep trenches, hundreds of German soldiers waited to strike the first assault wave with some ninety 88-millimetre guns, fifty mortars, and four hundred machineguns. A four-foot-high sea wall ran across the breadth of the beach and extending from it into the surf itself were ranks of tangled barbed wire, tank and vessel obstacles, and a maze of mines. Of the five Allied forces landing that day, they were scheduled to be the last to reach the sand. Juno was also the most exposed beach, their day’s objectives eleven miles inland were farther away than any others, and the opposition awaiting them was believed greater than that facing any other force. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. Yet their grip on Juno Beach was firm.
Catalogue Of The Cabinet Of Coins Belonging To Yale College Deposited In The College Library
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Author : Yale College (1718-1887)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863
Catalogue Of The Cabinet Of Coins Belonging To Yale College Deposited In The College Library written by Yale College (1718-1887) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with Coins, Greek categories.
Catalogue Of The Greek And Roman Coins In The Numismatic Collection Of Yale College
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Author : Yale University
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Catalogue Of The Greek And Roman Coins In The Numismatic Collection Of Yale College written by Yale University and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Coins, Greek categories.
Classical Numismatic Auctions Xviii
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language : en
Publisher: Classical Numismatic Group
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Through Blood And Sweat
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2015-10-24
Through Blood And Sweat written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-24 with History categories.
As part of Operation Husky 2013, a group of Canadians walked this route to honour the memory of the nation’s soldiers who fought in Sicily seventy years earlier and whose sacrifice has been largely forgotten. Under a searing sun, with Mount Etna’s soaring heights always in the distance, a small contingent of marchers trekked each day along winding country roads for between 15 and 35 kilometres to reach the outskirts of a small town or village. Here they were joined by a pipe band, which led them to the skirl of bagpipes in a parade into the community’s heart to be met by hundreds of cheering and applauding Sicilians. Before each community’s war memorial a service of remembrance for both the Canadian and Sicilian war dead followed. Each day also brought the marchers closer to their final destination—Agira Canadian War Cemetery where 490 of the 562 Canadian soldiers who fell during the course of Operation Husky in 1943 are buried. On July 30—after twenty gruelling days—the marchers were joined here by almost a thousand Canadians and Italians. All joined to conduct a profoundly emotional ceremony of remembrance that ended with one person standing before each headstone and answering the roll call on that soldier’s behalf. Mark Zuehlke, author of the award-winning Canadian Battle Series, was one of the Operation Husky 2013 marchers. He uses this arduous and poignant task as a focal point for a contemplative look at the culture of remembrance and the experience of war.
The Figure Of Echo
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Author : John Hollander
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2018-07-10
The Figure Of Echo written by John Hollander and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this essay on "what the imagination has made of the phenomenon of echo,” John Hollander examines aspects of the figure of echo in light of their significance for poetry. Looking at echo in its literal, acoustic sense, echo in myth, and echo as literary allusion, Hollander concludes with a study of the rhetorical status of the figure of echo and an examination of the ancient and newly interesting trope of metalepsis, or transumption, which it appears to embody. Centered on ways in which Milton's poetry echoes, and is echoed by, other texts, The Figure of Echo also explores Spenser and other Renaissance writers; romantic poets such as Keats, Shelley, and Wordsworth; and modern poets including Hardy, Eliot, Stevens, Frost, Williams, and Hart Crane. This book has implications for literary theory and holds great practical interest for students and teachers of American and English literature of all periods. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
Operation Husky
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Operation Husky written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.
On July 10, 1943, two great Allied armadas of over 2,000 ships readied to invade Sicily. This was Operation Husky, the first step toward winning a toehold in fascist-occupied Europe. Among the invaders were 20,000 Canadian troops serving in the First Canadian Infantry Division and First Canadian Tank Brigade — in their first combat experience. Over the next 28 days, the Allied troops carved a path through the rugged land, despite fierce German opposition. Drawing on firsthand accounts of veterans and official military records, Operation Husky offers a gripping, meticulous account of this seminal operation and the young men who fought, died, and survived it.